{"id":2405683,"date":"2025-02-23T09:49:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-23T14:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thousands-attend-funeral-for-hezbollah-leader-nasrallah\/"},"modified":"2025-02-23T09:50:38","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T14:50:38","slug":"thousands-attend-funeral-for-hezbollah-leader-nasrallah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thousands-attend-funeral-for-hezbollah-leader-nasrallah\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands attend funeral for Hezbollah leader Nasrallah"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthousands-attend-funeral-for-hezbollah-leader-nasrallah%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2405683&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Hezbollah held a public funeral for its assassinated leader,Hassan Nasrallah,on February 23,2025,in Beirut&#8217;s Camille Chamoun Sports City stadium,attended by tens of thousands of supporters. \u2063This event, intended to showcase solidarity with the group amid ongoing conflict, also commemorated Nasrallah&#8217;s successor, Hashem Safieddine, who was killed shortly after taking over. During the ceremony, Hezbollah&#8217;s current leader, Naim Qassem, emphasized that the group&#8217;s resistance continues despite external pressures, equating the large turnout to loyalty and strength.<\/p>\n<p>The backdrop to the funeral is a tense situation, as Israeli military aircraft monitored the event, sending warnings regarding threats to Israel. This follows a series of escalatory\u200d actions, including hezbollah&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taliban-names-fbi-wanted-alleged-terror-leader-as-afghan-interior-minister\/\" title=\"Taliban Names FBI-Wanted Alleged Terror Leader As Afghan Interior Minister\">cross-border attacks<\/a> into northern\u200b Israel after a deadly Hamas attack in\u2064 October 2023. A ceasefire agreement between Israel\u200d and Hezbollah,reached in late \u200c2024,is intended \u200bto\u200d enforce UN resolutions that had \u2063previously aimed to control the conflict dynamics along the Lebanon-israel border.<\/p>\n<p>While Hezbollah is a significant force in lebanese governance, there are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-makes-veiled-attacks-on-gop-during-emmett-till-memorial-designation-bury-history\/\" title=\"Biden subtly criticizes GOP at Emmett Till memorial: &#039;Don&#039;t erase the past&#039;\">ongoing \u2064efforts<\/a> by the \u200bUnited States to isolate the association politically in Lebanon, \u200dnotably under the leadership of new president Joseph Aoun.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Tens of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-thousands-show-up-for-fallen-nypd-officer-jonathan-dillers-funeral\/\" title=\"... Attend ... of Fallen NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller\">thousands attend funeral<\/a> for killed Hezbollah leader Nasrallah<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2016164\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hezbollah\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Hezbollah<\/a> carried out a public funeral on Sunday for its slain leader, Hassan Nasrallah, attended by tens of thousands of Lebanese civilians, nearly five months after he was assassinated in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Israeli<\/a> airstrike.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The choreographed ceremony, which they acknowledged was an attempt to demonstrate the group&rsquo;s support in the country, took place in Beirut&rsquo;s Camille Chamoun Sports City stadium, and supporters filled it and the surrounding streets.<\/p>\n<p>The &ldquo;massive crowd in Lebanon is an expression of loyalty to the resistance,&rdquo; Hezbollah&rsquo;s current leader, Naim Qassem, said in a video speech that was played in the stadium. &ldquo;The resistance endures and remains present, regardless of what you may think,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;Do not mistake our patience for weakness.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3292730\/all-executive-orders-actions-trump-first-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FULL LIST OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS, ACTIONS, AND PROCLAMATIONS TRUMP HAS MADE AS PRESIDENT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A trailer carrying the coffins containing the bodies of Hezbollah&rsquo;s former leader Hassan Nasrallah and his cousin and successor Hashem Safieddine drives through the crowd at the beginning of a funeral procession in the Sports City Stadium in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025. (AP Photo\/Hussein Malla)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sunday&rsquo;s ceremony also commemorates the assassination of Nasrallah&rsquo;s successor, Hashem Safieddine, who was in charge for only a couple of days before he, too, was killed in an Israeli strike in early October.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3322355\/steve-witkoff-forefront-trump-global-peace-efforts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">STEVE WITKOFF AT THE FOREFRONT OF TRUMP&rsquo;S GLOBAL PEACE EFFORTS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Israeli Air Force had aircraft circling the skies of Beirut above the funeral, &ldquo;sending a clear message,&rdquo; according to Israel&rsquo;s Ministry of Defense Israel Katz. &ldquo;Whoever threatens to destroy Israel and attacks Israel &mdash; that will be their end.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Israel&rsquo;s military also carried out several airstrikes in Lebanese territory on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Hezbollah began cross-border aerial attacks into northern Israel on Oct. 8, 2023, a day after the Gaza-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Hamas<\/a> carried out the deadliest terrorist attack in Israeli history, killing about 1,200 people and kidnapping another 250 others. Israel and Hezbollah carried out daily cross-border strikes while Israel invaded Gaza to destroy Hamas&rsquo;s military capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of thousands of Israeli and Lebanese civilians were evacuated from the area near the border.<\/p>\n<p>Israel began more aggressively targeting Hezbollah in the fall of 2024 when its army invaded southern Lebanon, and its <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">aerial campaign dramatically increased<\/a>. They decapitated the group&rsquo;s senior ranks in a matter of weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire deal in November that was designed to enforce the United Nations Security Council resolution that ended their last war in the summer of 2005. UNSC Resolution 1701, which ended their monthlong 2006 conflict, called for Israel to withdraw from its positions in southern Lebanon and for Hezbollah to move further away from the Lebanon-Israel border.<\/p>\n<p>Hezbollah was supposed to move north of the Litani River, a portion of which runs parallel and roughly 18 miles north of the Israel-Lebanon border. The U.S.-designated terrorist organization never complied with the mandate, and the 2024 agreement is meant to correct that.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As a part of the current deal, Israel will withdraw from its positions over time as they are replaced by U.N.-mandated or Lebanese Army forces. The deadline for Israeli forces to withdraw was extended due to Israeli concerns that the United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon and Lebanese forces were not ready to take over the areas.<\/p>\n<p>Hezbollah has long had a presence in Lebanese governance, but the United States is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/07\/world\/middleeast\/lebanon-hezbollah-trump.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">pushing<\/a> Lebanon&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/4-reasons-media-ratings-have-plunged-since-joe-bidens-inauguration\/\" title=\"4 Reasons Media Ratings Have Plunged Since Joe Biden\u2019s Inauguration\">newly elected president<\/a>, Joseph Aoun, to further isolate the group by not allowing representatives to join the governing body.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2016164\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2016164\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tens of thousands gather for Hezbollah leader Nasrallah&#8217;s funeral<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2671,"featured_media":2405684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Nasrallah-funeral.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[50911,24658,32726,43969],"class_list":["post-2405683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-funeral-2","tag-hezbollah","tag-middle-east","tag-nasrallah"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Nasrallah-funeral.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2671"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2405683"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2405687,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405683\/revisions\/2405687"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2405684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2405683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2405683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2405683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}